‘Spicy Ladybugs’: Invasive ladybug species makes itself known in UMD dorms

By Hunter Hine Freshman kinesiology major Katy Kuroda was sitting in her Denton Hall dorm room when her roommate came in and told her she had been bitten by a ladybug. Kuroda’s roommate took her to the front entrance of Denton, where the pair saw ladybugs swarming around the doors. “There was like, I think maybe a hundred of these ladybug-looking things,” Kuroda said. The … Continue reading ‘Spicy Ladybugs’: Invasive ladybug species makes itself known in UMD dorms

PB & Justice club spotlights food insecurity with sandwich assembly line

By Hunter Hine Club leaders circled the room, spraying participants’ hands with sanitizer and handing out pink rubber gloves. Everyone took two slices of bread and passed peanut butter and jelly jars back and forth. By the end of the Monday night gathering, PB & Justice prepared 40 sandwiches for a local homeless shelter. A 2019 survey by the University of Maryland found that about … Continue reading PB & Justice club spotlights food insecurity with sandwich assembly line